Very cool! I guess I'll need to get a sound system to be able to sit Lucy's trot -- can't do the medium, just collected. And how do you do the hand written notes? I LOVE it!
I can certainly understand that it would be difficult to sit Lucy's medium trot. Try music :). Thanks for telling me that you liked the written notes. I was afraid they might be annoying so it's good to know. I enjoy doing them this way sometimes because it feels like a more organic journaling experience. Also I can sit in my comfy chair by the fire instead of going to the computer :). I do them on a Samsung tablet that has a 'pen'. I use the program it comes with, S Note. If you hit share it gives you different options to save first. Save it as a jpeg and it will then give the option to share to blogger. Good luck with the sitting trot. Let's keep one another posted - I still have lots to do to be consistent. Can we be there by spring??
Ahhhh! Musical Freestyle is one of my favorites, and we always have music in the indoor. I think that when you get into it, your body is more relaxed as you are not just riding, you are listening. Many years ago I arranged for my Classical Dressage teacher to perform with 5 graduate students from the dance department (State University of New York/Brockport) at one of our annual freestyle presentations. It would work beautifully at your place. We had dressage and western performances, incredible line driving, as well as a driving freestyle. All to music and so beautiful. Always well attended. A dance recital for horses!
Sounds great! I love musical freestyle. We have a sound system in the indoor and I love it. I'll check out that link you put up. Good luck with your playlists and riding to them.
I'm going to post about the wonderfully fun ride I had on Lucy a few days ago but wanted you to know that while I was riding her, I thought about a song with a strong beat in my head while I tried to sit her trot. It definitely helped. Now I just need to get a sound system set up! Maybe I can get Brett to channel Doug...
I'm going to go look for this post. In researching free style history I found that the old masters got their students to sing, so you're in good company :)
I just found your blog today and am enjoying it. I recently found a song that matches my horse's slow trot and it's so fun to use it while trotting - although I have to use an ipod cuz there's no stereo. And the darn earbuds keep falling out...
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Thanks for telling me that you liked the written notes. I was afraid they might be annoying so it's good to know. I enjoy doing them this way sometimes because it feels like a more organic journaling experience. Also I can sit in my comfy chair by the fire instead of going to the computer :).
I do them on a Samsung tablet that has a 'pen'. I use the program it comes with, S Note. If you hit share it gives you different options to save first. Save it as a jpeg and it will then give the option to share to blogger.
Good luck with the sitting trot. Let's keep one another posted - I still have lots to do to be consistent. Can we be there by spring??